Fuzzy Kiwifruit  - Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward'
€12 per plant -  €20 for 1 male and 1 female plant

Who doesn't love kiwis?! The Hayward kiwi is the main green variety and is renowned it's sweetness. For the best production of fruit, Fuzzy Kiwi should be grown in full sun.  It prefers a sheltered position and does very well when grown into trees. A highly ornamental plant, the flowers are sweetly scented and attract bees and other useful pollinators. Well known for it's high levels of vitamin C, the kiwi fruit also has lots of medicinal properties.  To order this plant please contact us at: [email protected]

Context

  • native region: China
  • native habitat: Not known in truly wild situation
  • family: Actinidiaceae

Predators, Pest, Diseases 

  • None known 

Needs, tolerances 

  • Light: Semi-shade or full sun 
  • soil pH:  Acid, tolerates a pH in the range 5.5 to 7.3
  • USDA Hardiness Zone: 8a - 10b
  • Prefers moist soil  
  • Water when dry in summer. 
  • Annual pruning required for optimum productivity
  • ​Plants requires a 6 - 8 month frost-free growing season​

Overview

  •  2nd year bare root plant 
  • Deciduous Climber growing to 9m at a medium rate
  • In flower from July to August and the seeds ripen from October to December
  • The species is dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required)
  • Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers moist soil. 
  • Suitable pH: acid
  • Can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or full sun

Characteristics

  • form: climbing vine
  • layer : Vertical
  • habit:  Rampant climber   
  • height x width (m): 9m  

Products 

  • Fruit: Fruit - raw or cooked. A delicious flavour and packed with vitamin C
  • Leaves:  Deep green, alternate and long-petioled
  • Flowers: The flowers are fragrant and attractive to useful pollinators, including bees​

Functions, behaviours

  • Prefers a sheltered position
  • They are hardy to about -12°c when fully dormant but young growth is very subject to damage by late frosts, being killed back at -2°c
  • Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus
If you would like this plant please send an email to [email protected] with your order. 
Balkan Ecology Project